Bobcat.com Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 02/09/2007.

Welcome to the Privacy Policy for Bobcat Company (“we” or “us” or “Bobcat”) web site located at www.bobcat.com (this “Web Site”). We appreciate your interest in this Web Site and other linked Bobcat sites. This Privacy Policy applies and is limited to treatment of information that is collected via this Web Site.

General and Policy Updates

Bobcat takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and will make reasonable efforts to use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. We may revise this Privacy Policy over time. If we make significant changes, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Web Site. Please check this Web Site from time to time for the most current version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Web Site after we have notified you of such changes as described above constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Information We Collect

You may be asked to provide personal information such as your first and last name, company name, email address, phone number, fax number and address. You may also be asked to establish a login name and password in order to access certain areas of this Web Site. If you forget your password, you may send us an email, and we will email the password to you. Bobcat's web servers automatically collect Web Site usage information from you when you visit this Web Site. Web Site usage information informs us about how our visitors use and navigate this Web Site, including the number and frequency of visitors on each Web Page, their Internet Protocol addresses, the length of their stays and the actions they take (including purchases). Certain pages of this Web Site may use cookies and clear graphics interchange format images (GIFs) to track and store your information for the purposes described in this policy and to allow us to recognize you as a registered user if you return to this Web Site using the same computer and browser. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a Web Site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so that the Bobcat server can recognize when you return. You can erase or block this information from your computer if you want to.

Children

This Web Site is directed towards adults. Bobcat does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.

How We Use the Information Collected

We may combine the personally identifiable information you provide Bobcat with other information about you that is available to us, including information from other sources. The ways that Bobcat may use your information include (a) to respond to your specific inquiries; (b) to troubleshoot any issues with respect to your use of this Web Site; (c) to provide you with information on Bobcat products and services, either on a personalized or aggregate basis; (d) to give Web Site editors anonymous, aggregate information that is useful for developing new features and products for our visitors and to improve the content and navigation on this Web Site; (e) to resolve disputes, prevent and detect fraud, and otherwise to help Bobcat to avoid legal liability; and (f) to notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy or to other policies or terms that affect you and your use of this Web Site.

Your Ability to Choose

We communicate with you to provide information, products and services that you have requested. It is your choice to send us these requests. You have the option to reject this Web Site’s cookies and still use this Web Site. However, your access to this Web Site will be limited. You may always opt out of receiving marketing emails by following the instructions on the marketing email. We explicitly ask when we need information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information").

Security

Bobcat makes reasonable efforts to use industry-standard security technologies to secure your information. Servers where personal information is stored are password and firewall-protected, and access is limited to those employees and independent contractors with a need to know and only for the purposes identified above. All financial information is transmitted and stored in encrypted form. We maintain safeguards to protect the security, integrity, and privacy of these servers and of your Personal Information.

You are responsible for keeping your login name and password confidential and are responsible for all actions taken with your login name and password, including fees. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.

Contact Information

Bobcat has procedures to help you make sure that your information is accurate, current and complete. If you desire to correct any such information or if you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an email to infocenter@bobcat.com.